US 2021/0199449 A1 · SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALTERNATIVE DESTINATION RECOMMENDATION ON RIDESHARING PLATFORMS

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for recommending one or more alternative destinations are provided. One of the methods comprises: receiving, by a computing device of a ridesharing platform from a terminal device, a trip request that comprises an origin and a destination; classifying the trip request into one of the plurality of trip purpose categories based at least on the origin and the destination of the trip request, the rider's information, and a machine-learning classifier trained to predict the one trip purpose category of the trip request; in response to the one trip purpose category belonging to a preset group of trip purpose categories, determining one or more alternative destinations for the trip request; and sending to the terminal device, the one or more alternative destinations.

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Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method for recommending alternative destinations, comprising:

receiving, by a computing device of a ridesharing platform from a terminal device, a trip request for a rider that comprises an origin and a destination;
classifying, by the computing device of the ridesharing platform, the trip request into one of the plurality of trip purpose categories based at least on the origin and the destination of the trip request, the rider's information, and a classifier trained to predict the one trip purpose category of the trip request;
in response to the one trip purpose category belonging to a preset group of trip purpose categories, determining, by the computing device of the ridesharing platform based on the one trip purpose category, one or more alternative destinations for the trip request, wherein the one or more alternative destinations share one or more features with the designation of the trip request;
and
sending, by the computing device of the ridesharing platform to the terminal device, the one or more alternative destinations.

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A system comprising one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable memories coupled to the one or more processors, the one or more non-transitory computer-readable memories storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a terminal device, a trip request that comprises an origin and a destination;
classifying the trip request into one of the plurality of trip purpose categories based at least on the origin and the destination of the trip request, the rider's information, and a classifier trained to predict the one trip purpose category of the trip request;
in response to the one trip purpose category belonging to a preset group of trip purpose categories, determining one or more alternative destinations for the trip request, wherein the one or more alternative destinations share one or more features with the designation of the trip request;
and
sending the one or more alternative destinations to the terminal device.

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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a terminal device, a trip request that comprises an origin and a destination;
classifying the trip request into one of the plurality of trip purpose categories based at least on the origin and the destination of the trip request, the rider's information, and a classifier trained to predict the one trip purpose category of the trip request;
in response to the one trip purpose category belonging to a preset group of trip purpose categories, determining one or more alternative destinations for the trip request, wherein the one or more alternative destinations share one or more features with the designation of the trip request;
and
sending the one or more alternative destinations to the terminal device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System and method for alternative destination recommendation on ridesharing platforms

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System and method for alternative destination recommendation on ridesharing platforms

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